EDDIE FOY JR. - DOCUMENT SIGNED 05/23/1952 - HFSID 168575

EDDIE FOY, JR.
Partial document signed by Foy in 1952, listing his address, marital status and emergency contact (his agent in Beverly Hills)
Document signed "Eddie Foy Jr" in blue ink. 1 page, 4¾x8¼.Clipped bottom of an unknown document, possibly a tax form or document. May 23, 1952. Foy lists his address as 14836 Otsego St., Sherman Oaks, California and his marital status as single and a widower. His emergency contact is Paul Small, his agent, in Beverly Hills. Foy had already starred in over 50 movies and seven Broadway musicals when he signed this document. Foy (1905-1983) was born Edwin Fitzgerald Foy, Jr. (after his famous vaudevillian and actor father) in New Rochelle, New York. He began his entertainment career in vaudeville with his father and six brothers and sisters as The Seven Little Foys and was the only one to remain in show business beyond childhood. He was the second youngest member of The Seven Little Foys and is the family member who is best remembered for his screen performances, although his sister, Mary Foy (1901-1987), also appeared in films during the 1920s and 1930s. His father, Eddie Foy, Sr. (1856-1928) had incorporated his offspring into his vaudeville act following the death of his wife, and Eddie, Jr., a dead ringer for his famous dad, accepted an offer from Broadway impersario Florenz Ziegfeld to appear in 1929's Show Girl, butbroke into movies 15 years earlier in the Seven Little Foys movie A Favorite Fool (1915). The multitalented actor and song and dance man was nominated for the 1958 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for Rumple. He had previously appeared on Broadway in The Pajama Game (1954), recreating his role for the 1957 film version.In all, he has over 70 movies and TV shows and 10 Broadway musicals and comedies to his credit. Among these are starring in the original 1961 production of Donnybrook! and the first hour-long sitcom, Fair Exchange (1962-1963), as well as portraying his father in four movies, Frontier Marshall (1939), Lillian Russell (1940), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and a 1964 TV movie about his family's early days in vaudeville called Wilson. Lightly toned and creased. Creases in lower corners. Otherwise in fine condition.